I'll start with the three usernames I've had here:Blaziken - my favorite PokémonLucifer - my favorite character in the Bible (the fake one theists believe in; not the actual Bible that only mentions "Lucifer" as a title for a Babylonian[1] king, an angel[2] and Jesus)One Above All - the Marvel supreme deity

And here's another one I've added to my list of "Also known as:" in my sig:All In One - one of the Vortigauns'[3] deities[4].

It's sort of a joke - it's short for "just a girl" and it was first introduced on a sports forum as a social experiment. I wondered if I would be treated differently with a neutral name versus a gender-obvious name. My other name on that board was Tiffany, and yes, it made a difference. Jag stuck when some of us migrated elsewhere and I've been Jag ever since.

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"Tell people that there's an invisible man in the sky that created the entire universe and the majority believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure." ~George Carlin

Back in 1999, I was asked about some sigils I had embroidered on some black velvet robes for a masquerade at a SF/fantasy convention. The question was "Are those real runes?"

I didn't know, so I started researching runes. That led Me to Odin and to the rest of the Norse pantheon.

I was also into crystals, er, shiny geologically-created piezoelectric thingamajigs, and for a while was carrying a nice round piece of quartz in My pocket. One day, while having a coffee break at My IT job, I was holding this rock and meditating. In My imagination, I heard Odin call Me 'Astreja.' After a little more digging around I realized that the goddess variously known as Eostre, Ostara, Astarte, et al. was MIA... So I volunteered.

And I *so* wish I was making this up...

(BTW, I still have the black velvet robes that started this whole thing. I tend to put them on October 31 and grumble a lot in a sarcastic whisper, pausing occasionally to cough, wheeze or mutter the words of a Fireball spell.)

My user name when I was a christian (on other boards) was Monster Machine. But when I lost my faith and the blinders came off, I felt such a zest for life that I changed my name to Energized. I was no longer living to die... I was living to live and I feel so energized to live it and experience it to its fullest.

Energized also has the same first letter as my real name, Eldon. I always end my emails with E. so why not E. for Energized?

E.

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'O pitiful shadow lost in the darkness,Bringing torment and pain to others. O damned soul wallowing in your sin.Perhaps it is time to die?'

(BTW, I still have the black velvet robes that started this whole thing. I tend to put them on October 31 and grumble a lot in a sarcastic whisper, pausing occasionally to cough, wheeze or mutter the words of a Fireball spell.)

*love*

E.

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'O pitiful shadow lost in the darkness,Bringing torment and pain to others. O damned soul wallowing in your sin.Perhaps it is time to die?'

"Schizoid" is my personality which is considered a disorder, but not by me--it's simply who I am. I am schizoid because I prefer my own company to that of others ("I vant to be alone, darling"). I am alone but not lonely. Definitely not a people person so I don't have friends because they are people and other than for short periods I find people to be annoying.

Probably surprising to many I am NOT introverted. I can talk to total strangers while waiting in a store line, even initiating an exchange by commenting on our wait. But since it is only for a minute or two and I don't have to ever see them again it is easy for me to do.

Imagine how distressed I would be to find myself have to spend eternity after death with people I would want to have nothing to do with in life, worshiping a deity that I consider to be a psychopath. Now that really would be hell for me.

So choosing "Schizoid" as my username is actually quite descriptive of me as a person.

Mine is from an idea I've had for a short story (which I keep telling myself I'll write someday, but probably won't) about a man whose lifelong dream is to be able to play the piano, but he can't because he's a dwarf -- his legs are too short to reach the pedals, and his arms and fingers aren't long enough to play the keys properly.

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[On how kangaroos could have gotten back to Australia after the flood]: Don't kangaroos skip along the surface of the water? --Kenn

Sun is the first three letters of my first name, King is one of the English translations of the last three letters of my first name.

It wasn't complicated!

Sun-Samraat? Is that you?

Not quite, the last three letters of my name translates to king, Samraat has seven letters! Can't blame you, we have quite a lot of synonyms for king in India. That is one of the nuances of having too many languages in one country. (We have 22 official languages!)

When I was about 14 I took big interest in Japanese history, particularly feudal Japan and at the same time I took an interest in game creation[1], went through a process of learning how to program and 3D model and also created my own website, I struggled to think of names and came across a few interesting Japanese words and eventually settled on 'seppuku', which is a form of ritual suicide which involves disembowelment followed by a person of your own choice beheading you. Seppuku is a ritual reserved for any samurai who have become dishonoured. So my website become Seppuku Arts, which I guess is a little grim, but I like grim. It's perhaps obvious my interest hasn't died consider my avatar is a depiction of Miyamoto Musashi (legendary samurai and author of the Book of 5 Rings) and my signature steals a quote from him.

This name is a shortened version of the name I use on just about every website that requires a username. When I went to sign up here it said that the name I usually use was already taken, so I shortened it to what I have now. But even if I could use the name I wanted, there is no special meaning behind it. Just a word and a random number.